Please read the terms of reference carefully before making your submission. The committee has resolved that it will only accept submissions strictly addressing its terms of reference, with a particular focus on the following areas:

the proposed exemptions in the Exposure Draft for ministers of religion, marriage celebrants and religious bodies and organisations to refuse to conduct or solemnise marriages, and the extent to which those exemptions prevent encroachment upon religious freedoms;

the nature and effect of the proposed amendment to the Sex Discrimination Act 1984;

whether there should be any consequential amendments to this bill, or any other Act, and, if so, the nature and effect of those consequential amendments.

Substantive submissions that explore the technical aspects of the terms of reference will be published, however the committee does not have the resources or time to consider short statements expressing support either for or against same-sex marriage. As such, these statements will be treated as correspondence and not published.

The committee has also resolved that it will not publish form or campaign letters, or petitions, received to the inquiry.

Definition of 'marriage'
Exemption for ministers of religion
Exemption for marriage celebrants
Exemption for a religious body or organisation
International jurisprudence on the introduction of same-sex marriage
Goods and services
A right to refuse on the grounds of a conscientious belief
A broader protection of the right to
freedom of conscience and religion

Human Rights
Obligations
Human Rights engaged by the marriage debate
International jurisprudence on the introduction of same-sex marriage
Right to marry
Right to freedom from discrimination
Right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion
A right to refuse on religious grounds, but only for same-sex marriages
Goods and services
A right to refuse on the grounds of a conscientious belief